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🌱 Why a DuBois apartment raid turned into an explosives investigation
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- Why a DuBois apartment raid turned into an explosives investigation
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• 'I like to f*** around:' Homemade explosive found during drug bust in DuBois, PSP says (wjactv.com) — State police say a homemade explosive device and a loaded sawed-off shotgun were found during a narcotics search at a South Highland Street apartment in the city of DuBois. A Rockton man is jailed without bail and faces multiple felony charges after investigators called in the Hazardous Device and Explosives Unit, which determined the device was an improvised explosive packed with gunpowder.
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